Antiwar demonstrations prompted by the accelerated U.S. bombing in Southeast Asia draw somewhere between 30,000 to 60,000 marchers in New York; 30,000 to 40,000 in San Francisco; 10,000 to 12,000 in Los Angeles; and smaller gatherings in Chicago and other cities throughout the country. The new bombing campaign was in response to the North Vietnam's massive invasion of South Vietnam in March. As the demonstrations were happening, bitter fighting continued all over South Vietnam. In the Mekong Delta, for example, the fighting was the heaviest it had been in 18 months.
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Antiwar demonstrations held
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This Week in History, Apr 22 - Apr 28
- Apr 22, 1968
- South Vietnamese have increased combat capabilities
- Apr 22, 1972
- Antiwar demonstrations held
- Apr 23, 1975
- Ford says that war is finished for America
- Apr 24, 1967
- Westmoreland makes controversial remarks
- Apr 24, 1971
- North Vietnamese attack South Vietnamese installations
- Apr 25, 1964
- Johnson announces appointment of Westmoreland
- Apr 25, 1972
- North Vietnamese Army close to cutting South Vietnam in two
- Apr 26, 1971
- U.S. troop strength in South Vietnam at five-year low
- Apr 26, 1972
- Nixon announces additional troop withdrawals
- Apr 27, 1968
- Humphrey announces his candidacy
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- Apr 28, 1970
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